[SML] (Sort of semi-OT) The Un-Carrier

[Paul Sanow]

I was on the phone with T-Mobile the other day about another issue and the
rep asked if I was using the wifi calling feature.  I said no because I had
a drop in the house and turned it off assuming that was the problem.  They
offered to send a no-charge wifi router- more powerful than the consumer
models I have here.  I plugged it in and it does work with good range.  So
try the wifi calling in the house and if not apparently they are happy to
send a box for free.  I asked the catch and got a vague answer about their
interest in call quality and reduced traffic on the towers.  Just have to
send it back if you breakup with them.  I got a zero invoice in the mail.

On another matter it was recently recommended to me to change the (iPhone
6) Settings > Cellular > Enable LTE to "Data Only".  Explanation was LTE
doesn't help calls much and is more for data.  They think I will have
better call reliability not using LTE.  Not enough experience to say if it
works.  I'll know more this weekend when I get out of town.

For what it's worth the @TMobileHelp twitter people seemed to be responsive
using twitter DM.

Good luck
Paul

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Dave Vick via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Thanks to all for your words of experience. It's appreciated...
>
> The PunchLine: The other day I told VZW to kiss off, bought a new 64Gb
> iPhone 6 for a fairly reasonable amount, taking my Verizon iPhone 5 in
> as partial payment, and signing up for their Unlimited-Everything
> plan. On Verizon I was paying a tetch over $107/month for 450 minutes
> of airtime, unlimited texts and unlimited data. Under T-Mo, I pat
> $20/month less for unlimited airtime, text, and data, plus I have a
> shiny new iThing.
>
> But boy do I see what you mean about reduced coverage... I'll get used
> to it, I guess, but I may need to put a rebroadcaster in my house;
> where I got one bar of coverage in my home office under VZW, on T-Mo I
> have "no signal."
>
> --
> Dave Vick
> 517-749-3859
>
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